Negative isothermal vorticity advection

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negative isothermal vorticity advection[edit | edit source]

The advection of negative vorticity along an isothermal surface.


The process of transport of an atmospheric property solely by the mass motion (velocity field) of the atmosphere; also, the rate of change of the value of the advected property at a given point.

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